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The Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024

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Draft 2024, ISBN 9780111058855

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 26(2)(b) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Consumer Protection

Made 2024

Coming into force 1st April 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 21(2) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 21(4) and (5) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 they have consulted with such persons as appear to them to be appropriate, including the persons specified in the schedule of these Regulations.

In accordance with section 26(2)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2020 asp 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specification of public authorities who have a duty to have regard to consumer interests
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule
  5. Ministers
  6. Executive Agencies
  7. Local Authorities
  8. Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies
  9. Advisory Non-departmental Public Bodies
  10. Tribunals
  11. Public Corporations
  12. Health Bodies
  13. Integration Authority
  14. Non-Ministerial Offices
  15. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 April 2024.

2Specification of public authorities who have a duty to have regard to consumer interests

(1)

The persons specified in the schedule are relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 21(2) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020.

(2)

The persons specified in the schedule are specified in relation to the exercise of all of their functions.

Signature

Name

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House

Edinburgh

Date

Ministers

  • The Scottish Ministers

Executive Agencies

  • Accountant in Bankruptcy

  • Disclosure Scotland

  • Education Scotland

  • Forestry and Land Scotland

  • Scottish Forestry

  • Scottish Prison Service

  • Scottish Public Pensions Agency

  • Social Security Scotland

  • Student Awards Agency Scotland

  • Transport Scotland

Local Authorities

  • Aberdeen City Council

  • Aberdeenshire Council

  • Angus Council

  • Argyll and Bute Council

  • Clackmannanshire Council

  • Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

  • Dumfries and Galloway Council

  • Dundee City Council

  • East Ayrshire Council

  • East Dunbartonshire Council

  • East Lothian Council

  • East Renfrewshire Council

  • Edinburgh (City of) Council

  • Falkirk Council

  • Fife Council

  • Glasgow City Council

  • Highland Council

  • Inverclyde Council

  • Midlothian Council

  • Moray Council

  • North Ayrshire Council

  • North Lanarkshire Council

  • Orkney Islands Council

  • Perth and Kinross Council

  • Renfrewshire Council

  • Scottish Borders Council

  • Shetland Islands Council

  • South Ayrshire Council

  • South Lanarkshire Council

  • Stirling Council

  • West Dunbartonshire Council

  • West Lothian Council

Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies

  • Accounts Commission for Scotland

  • Architecture and Design Scotland

  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig

  • Cairngorms National Park Authority

  • Care Inspectorate

  • Children’s Hearings Scotland

  • Community Justice Scotland

  • Creative Scotland

  • Crofting Commission

  • David MacBrayne Ltd

  • Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Holdings Ltd

  • Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd

  • Highlands and Islands Enterprise

  • Historic Environment Scotland

  • Independent Living Fund Scotland

  • The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • Quality Meat Scotland

  • Risk Management Authority

  • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

  • Scottish Agricultural Wages Board

  • Scottish Canals

  • Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

  • Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

  • Scottish Enterprise

  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency

  • Scottish Funding Council

  • Scottish Futures Trust

  • Scottish Land Commission

  • The Scottish Legal Aid Board

  • Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

  • Scottish National Investment Bank p.l.c.

  • Scottish Rail Holdings Limited

  • Scottish National Heritage (NatureScot)

  • Scottish Qualifications Authority

  • Scottish Social Services Council

  • The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

  • The Scottish Sports Council (sportscotland)

  • South of Scotland Enterprise Agency

  • VisitScotland

  • Water Industry Commission for Scotland

  • Zero Waste Scotland

Advisory Non-departmental Public Bodies

  • Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

  • Boundaries Scotland

  • Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland

  • Poverty and Inequality Commission

  • Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards

  • Scottish Commission on Social Security

  • Scottish Law Commission

  • Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel

Tribunals

  • Parole Board for Scotland

Public Corporations

  • Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd

  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport

  • Scottish Water

  • Crown Estate Scotland

Health Bodies

  • NHS Ayrshire and Arran

  • NHS Borders

  • NHS Dumfries and Galloway

  • NHS Fife

  • NHS Forth Valley

  • NHS Grampian

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  • NHS Highland

  • NHS Lanarkshire

  • NHS Lothian

  • NHS Orkney

  • NHS Shetland

  • NHS Tayside

  • NHS Western Isles

  • The NHS National Services Scotland

  • NHS Education for Scotland

  • NHS24

  • The Scottish Ambulance Service Board

  • The State Hospitals Board for Scotland

  • Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

  • Healthcare Improvement Scotland

  • Public Health Scotland

  • National Waiting Times Centre Board

Integration Authority

  • Aberdeen City

  • Aberdeenshire

  • Angus

  • Argyll and Bute

  • Edinburgh City

  • Clackmannanshire & Stirling

  • Dumfries and Galloway

  • Dundee City

  • East Ayrshire

  • East Dunbartonshire

  • East Lothian

  • East Renfrewshire

  • Falkirk

  • Fife

  • Glasgow City

  • Highland

  • Inverclyde

  • Midlothian

  • Moray

  • North Ayrshire

  • North Lanarkshire

  • Orkney

  • Perth & Kinross

  • Renfrewshire

  • Scottish Borders

  • Shetland

  • South Ayrshire

  • South Lanarkshire

  • West Dunbartonshire

  • West Lothian

  • Western Isles

Non-Ministerial Offices

  • Food Standards Scotland

  • The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

  • Revenue Scotland

  • Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service

  • Scottish Housing Regulator

  • Scottish Fiscal Commission

  • Consumer Scotland

  • Environmental Standards Scotland

  • National Records of Scotland

  • Registers of Scotland

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify the public authorities that are relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 21 of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 and therefore subject to the duty to have regard to consumer interests when making decisions of a strategic nature about how to exercise their functions. The public authorities specified are listed in the schedule of the Regulations.

Section 21(3) of the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 allows the Scottish Ministers to specify a public authority in relation to the exercise of all of its functions, or certain functions only. By virtue of regulation 2(2) of the Regulations the public authorities listed in the schedule are specified in relation to all of their functions.